The Owners' Page

Why sign up with us anyway?

For one thing, our origins date back to a group of owners who came to the conclusion that we could do better than a commercial site and for less money too. A site that made a point of actually promoting the properties rather than the site that they were on. And, that's what we aim to do.

We continue to follow that and our principle aim is to promote the properties we list rather than the site and to try our best to help you in promoting your property.

What do we offer you though?

• Pretty much unlimited text because it's the text that brings people to you. We say "pretty much unlimited" because there is a limit but, so far, nobody has reached it; when they do, we'll raise the limit.
• Up to 10 photos of your place. We regularly increase this limit.
• No commissions payable to us by you or your guests.
• A site that you control because you can edit the text or change the photos at any time which suits you.
• A range of sites which we extend as time goes on to target different markets and, of course, we put your entry on the appropriate ones from our range automatically.
• We keep your e-mail private and protect you from people skimming our site and sending you junk mail. We don't send spurious booking enquiries when your premium subscription is running out either as many sites do.
• Real-time statistics. We even tell you exactly what search that the guest used to reach your page eg if they searched, found our site then browsed to find your property, we'll tell your the original search that they made. Other sites will tell you is that you got a click from them; we'll tell you how people arrived in the first place which is much more important.
• We'll even review your website and let you know if there's anything that you could do to improve the traffic that you get and make it more findable by guests. Several sites have more than trebled their traffic (and, yes, their own-site bookings) after following some simple suggestions we made.
• Our charges are per owner, not per property. So you can have multiple entries (up to 5) so long as the title and description you use are unique to each one. Beyond 5 properties, talk to us: we're pretty reasonable.
• You don't drop off our listings just because your premium subscription has run out. All that happens is that your entry reverts to the free trial style.

Finally, we listen to you. Many of the features on the site have been suggested by owners just like you.

This is just a listing service; if you wish to book with one of those listed, contact them directly.

A Personally Chosen guide designed by Crystal Consultancy. Copyright © John Arnold Stewart. Last revised: July 10, 2006.